[NU Sports] My time in Hell

[Roy Lamberton]

Let me get this right....

You took a cruise knowing it was the Hawkeye cruise, or did they all just turn
up on your ship?

In some societies they would deduce that you were paying for some horrible sin
of commission....

Of course it could just be a coincidence.... <g>

rsl

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Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate
& sometime Unix Guru....
Computer Applications & Support Associates 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of WildElk2 at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 9:03 PM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] My time in Hell
> 
> All hands on deck for a good story. I was on a cruise in the  Caribbean
> last
> week, and what do my purple shaded eyes detect?  That this  was the 22nd
> annual "Hawkeye Cruise".  Before I could say Hayden burns in  Hell, there
> was
> bumblebees all over the place.  I thought Lucifer Himself  had assumed
> control!
>   I lay by the pool, I see Hawkeye bathing suits.  I'm in  Grenada, Aruba ,
> etc. I'm on excursions with 1/2 of Des Moines. So eyes go to  the bar to
> drink
> away my frustration;  there's dudes wearing Iowa cowboy  hats (let that
> sink
> in:  at a bar on a cruise ship wearing a cowboy  hat.).
>    The purple went on quickly.  Good natured ribbing was the  order of the
> day; begrudgingly most bumblebees confessed that since '95 this has  been a
> good
> series.
>   The complaints I heard were familiar:  the parking at Dyche  sucks, and
> why
> is there as many Iowa fans as there are NU fans?  My advice  was 2 fold:
> leave the RV at home and use CTA/ party at bars near the "el"  near Dyche
> stadium
> instead of tail-gate.  More than one Iowa fan knew that  the NU/ City of
> Evanston was "chilly."
>    My second "Nugget of Truth"  was that I am a typical NU  fan; I live in
> Pennsylvania, and  NU alumni  and fans are dispersed  far and wide, from
> coast
> to coast, as well as the fact that NU is small in  numbers compared to the
> rest
> of the conference. I quickly pointed out that  our bowl games have been
> well
> attended.
>    I also had a wonderful conversation with Iowa LB coach Darrell  Jackson,
> who was on the cruise with his wife ( 6 coaches went, including  Ferentz.).
> What a nice couple they are!  Darrell's wife was "riding"  me about my NU
> shirt
> by the pool (I had one hell of a burn-I know everyone feels  sorry for me),
> so
> I told her my line that I used more than once:  " Well,  someone needs to
> root for a decent school, what with all this yellow around  here."
>   That drew the laughter of Darrell.  After striking up a  conversation
> about
> this/that (very interesting conversation) the subject turned  to the hiring
> of our new DC.   Most of us knew there was some sort of  friction between
> Bielema and Harkwitz;  according to Coach Jackson, there  was a MAJOR melt-
> down in
> the locker room after Wisky's loss to Auburn in  the...oops, I forgot which
> bowl it was.
>    My last yarn to spin...I saw Kurt Ferentz.....in a bathing  suit!!!  OK,
> he looks a hell of a lot better than I do in a bathing suit,  but still I
> had
> to laugh!
>   Anyway, i survived this torment.  Now let's beat those _!@#@$$_
> (mailto:!@#@$$)  Hawks this year!
> 
>                 GO  CATS!!!                  Eric
> 
> 
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